Thursday, November 12, 2015

Ranji Trophy 15-16: Jharkhand vs Jammu & Kashmir

Finally, the Jharkhand batting lineup came good with solid all-round batting display. They racked up their biggest score of the season, managed to impose a follow-on against J&K. And 2 quick 2nd innings wickets at the end of Day 3 made one believe that an innings victory with bonus points was waiting. But that was not to be as a fine rear-guard action from the J&K batsmen ensured that the match ended in a draw.

Game Notes

Shahbaz Nadeem remained the captain.

Team Changes: Ishan Kishan, Jaskaran Singh and Kaushal Singh returned while out went Prakash Munda, Sumit Kumar and Sunny Gupta.

All season not a single century, now two of them came in the same innings.

Ishan Kishan scored his maiden first class century in his 10th game. This kid is certainly one to watch out for.

Anand Singh also playing his 10th first class game got his maiden half-century and proceeded to convert it into a big one.

Kaushal Singh recorded his best innings figures with a 4-wicket haul in the first innings.

Nadeem vs Parvez Rasool. Two similar players in competition for an India A slot. Nadeem was better with the ball, Rasool better with the bat.

Ishank Jaggi got more runs (93) in one innings than his previous 4 matches combined (87).

Season Stats

Top Scorer: Saurabh Tiwary 289 @ 36.13

Most Wickets: Shahbaz Nadeem 23 @ 21.48
Player Count: 20 from 4 Games
Captain Count: 3 from 4 Games

Points Tally - 10 after 5 games. Moved up one place 6th. Now, lying 11 points behind Himachal Pradesh who are currently in place for the second knock-out spot from the Group. With 3 rounds left, it is still mathematically possible but getting more and more improbable.

Coming Up Next - Away game against Tripura, who are at the bottom of the table. A good chance to take full points and keep the knock-out hopes alive.